ālum

See also: alum and alúm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (“tent camp”). Cognate with Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, “kinfolk”) and Biblical Hebrew אֹהֶל (ʔóhɛl, “tent”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ālum m (construct state āl or āli, plural ālānū or ālānû) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. city, town
    𒀀𒈝 𒂊𒇻𒌑𒌝 [ālum elûm] ― a-lum e-lu-u₂-um ― upper city
    𒁕𒀀𒀀𒉡 𒀀𒈾 𒁍𒄷𒌨 𒀀𒇷𒅎 𒅋𒇷𒆪
    [dayyānū ana puḫur ālim illikū]
    da-a-a-nu a-na pu-ḫu-ur a-li-im il-li-ku
    The judges went to the assembly of the city.
  2. village, manor, estate
  3. fort, military strongpoint

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic Mixed
  • 𒌷 (URU)
  • 𒌷𒆠 (URU.KI)
  • 𒌷𒎌 (URU.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒌷𒌷 (URU.URU) (plural)
  • 𒌷𒐀 (URU.DIDLI) (plural)
  • 𒀀𒈝 (a-lum)
  • 𒀀𒇻 (a-lu)
  • 𒀀𒇷𒅎 (a-li-im) (genitive)
  • 𒀀𒅆 (a-lim) (genitive)
  • 𒀀𒆷𒄠 (a-la-am) (accusative)
  • 𒀀𒇴 (a-lam) (accusative)
  • 𒀀𒀠 (a-al) (state construct)
  • 𒌷𒈝 (URU-lum)
  • 𒌷𒇴 (URU-lam) (accusative)

References
  • “ālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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